Tank Tales February 2017

February 2017

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ON THE COVER: Halfbeaks by Gary Haas

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PUBLISHED BY: Aquarium Club of Lancaster County, Inc. 590 Centerville Road #318 Lancaster, PA 17601

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Kurt Johnston

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President’s Message Hello ACLC, I am writing to you this month, as the “Acting“ President.

Last month, we had Peach Reid speak to us. I would like to thank her again for the eye opening and excellent talk she gave to the ACLC. It is important to remember that the aquarium hobby is nothing like it used to be, even just 10 years ago. As hobbyists and aquarists, we are facing several hurdles. There are groups today that would love to take everything away from us. I believe that this will never happen. Even though the aquarium hobby is smaller than it once was, there are tens of thousands, of dedicated aquarists in the United States. We are truly making a difference. For instance, the ACLC is very involved in the CARES program. At a time where most people are more concerned about Facebook, cell phones, and electronics; we have members that are breeding threatened, endangered, and extinct in the wild fishes. This is truly awesome and a great accomplishment. I hope to see more members involved in CARES and BAP, myself included. Let’s not forget the HAP program that was put into place at the ACLC a couple of years ago. By breeding fish and cultivating aquatic plants as a group; and maintaining them in our home aquariums, we will continue to ensure that the fishes and plants we love so much, will always be available to fellow hobbyists. We can do this!

This month, we welcome Greg Steeves as our monthly speaker. The meeting will be held at That Fish Place this month at 1:00. I hope to see you all there!

Thanks, Mike Buchma

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Editor’s Notes

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The Comal River is known as the smallest River in the world. It begins with a series of large springs feeding from the Edwards Aquifer and flows into the Guadalupe River a mere two miles from its emergence. The unique habitat is home to many creatures both native and exotic including nearly 100 species of fish living in the Guadalupe River system. With surprising species such as tetras and cichlids and mollies, this look at the beautiful Comal River will have you wanting to book your next vacation for South Central Texas.

Greg began keeping fish at a very early age. He remembers watching sticklebacks nest in the local pond in the 1st or 2nd grade . It was around this time Greg got his first aquarium and was instantly hooked on the hobby. As age increased so did the number of aquariums. This got totally out of hand when Greg married Lee Ann, a fellow fish geek. With no check valve in place, they have expanded to two fish rooms with well over 100 aquariums and multiple ponds.

Greg started maintaining haplochromine cichlids over 20 years ago and they remain his passion to this day. Collectively, the Steeves’ have bred more that 150 species of fish, the majority being African cichlids. When Greg moved to Texas from Canada, he helped form the Hill Country Cichlid Club and in recent years, taken on the presidency of the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies. Greg has been invited to speak regularly at organizations across North America on Haplochromine cichlids and Texas Natives, written for many magazines around the world that have been translated into twelve different languages.

Greg has written three books which he isvery proud of. Lee Ann and Greg truly enjoy attending fish conventions and seeing old and new friends, the element that he says makes this hobby the best in the world!

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How I Got Into Fish

By John Dickel Can you remember how you got started in keeping fish? Was it a tank at the Doctor's office? A trip to the pet store? A friend's tank? For me, my love of fish started with my great grandmother, Amelia Dickel or Grandma Ben as we knew her.

Grandma Ben lived in the north end of Lancaster city in a tiny row home off of North Prince Street. Dad would run errands for mom on Friday afternoons. We would go to the baker, the butcher shop and hit Central Market for fresh produce. Then we would head up to Grandma Ben's for a visit. You could always find me on her couch staring at her tank full of guppies. I could watch those fish for hours. The colors were amazing...red, blue, orange, yellow and green. They would dart around the tank in a dizzying dance.

She probably got them at Woolworths, (anyone remember that store?) for a nickel a piece.

Remember those metal framed tanks with the slate bottoms? That was Grandma Ben's.

In the corner sat a box filter with glass wool. After she passed away, my aunt called my dad. “Would Johnny like the fish tank?” I was hooked on the hobby.

Fifty years later, I now have over 18 tanks of all different sizes from 10 to 220 gallons. A few years ago, Lonnie Langione gave me the idea of creating a fish room – and my wife said yes!!! It has evolved to include a linear piston air pump with manifold, and racks of tanks. I still use those corner filters with the charcoal and glass wool along with sponge filters to keep my tanks clean.

For many years, I only had one or two tanks going at any time with fish and plants purchased at That Fish Place or Fish Bros. By dumb luck, we were at TFP one Saturday when the ACLC was holding their meeting. That's when the real fun began. I never realized just how many species of fish and plants were available to the hobbyist. I have learned so much in the last few years.

Thank you all.

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We begin this month here in Pennsylvania with 2 articles in the December 2016 issue of the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society’s Finformation. The first article is a complete travelogue about Joe Doyle’s “Trip to WACO” (authors spelling) that give us complete detail about the stops Joe made at Fish Shops and restaurants, on the way to and from the Wisconsin Area Killifish Organization as well as the happenings while there. The next article is by Johnathan Raviotta and he tells us that “This is not an article about breeding mosquito fish” that goes over some of his successes and failures.

Heading east to New Jersey we stop for 2 stories in the December 2016 edition of the North Jersey Aquarium Society’s Reporter. The first story , by Chuck Davis, asks “Do you have an Ambush Predator?” and describes Chuck’s observations of his Jaguar cichlids. Next, Alan de Velasco gives us a brief description of his Plant of the Month, “Rotala sp. Green”.

Next we go to Florida for a little warmth and an article in the December 2016 issue of the Tampa Bay Aquarium Society’s The Filter. This article is titled “EGG On My Face!!!!” by Mike Jacobs and describes his experience troubleshooting an issue with his water and it filtration system.

Staying down south , we go to Georgia for a story in the January 2017 edition of the Atlanta Area Aquarium Association’s Fish Talk. This story is titled “Craigslist for the Frugal or Broke Aquarist”

by Eric Clark has some really great tips and tricks based on Eric’s experience.

Our next stop is in New York for 11 articles in the January~February 2017 issue of the Brooklyn Aquarium Society’s Aquatica. First is an article that is Part 2 of the column The Responsible Aquarist by Anthony Kroeger titled “The Plecostomus in Florida” which details a number of problems that have been caused by these fish in the water of the Sunshine State. Next we have a very interesting Tank Tales™ | December 2016

article titled “This Tropical Fish Can Recognize Human Faces” by Greg Watry that gives an overview of an amazing scientific discovery. The next article is for you marine hobbyists, titled “Drop a Hammer in your Reef Tank” that gives us a good guide to keeping Hammer Corals. Next we have an article by Bill Amely titled “Really?That Long Ago!” that gives us a brief history of Bill in the hobby. The next article is a very informative description by Anthony Kroeger of a beautiful fish from Asia, the “Ticto Barb”. Ryan Curtis bring us the next article about the “Orange Eyed Blue Tiger Shrimp” which looks as odd as it sounds. Next is another article by Anthony Kroeger titled “Slow & Easy” that encourages us to try some different types of snails in our aquariums. In this months The Practical Plant, Izzy Zwerin tells us about “Propagating Lobelia cardinalis”, a beautiful plant that looks even better emersed, perhaps a summer tub? Some very helpful information can be found in the article, “Aquarium Plants for Black Thumb Aquarists” by Anthony Kroeger that lists 5 plants that supposedly anybody can grow easily. In this month’s Catfish Connections, Sy Angelicus tells about “The African Shovelnose Catfish” a cool looking catfish from the Niger River. The final article this month is “King of the Corys” by Anthony Kroeger that is a very good description of Scleromystax barbatus and why Anthony considers it to be the King!

See you on the 18th!

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Corydoras sp. CW016 Corydoras teniente

Every once in a while, a fish is brought into the hobby giving one the idea that it most likely comes from faster moving waters. Its habitat is the drainage or that makes even veteran fishkeepers take notice. In 2004, Lance Peck was collecting in Peru and netted a the Rio Madre de Dios, in fairly fast moving streams, Corydoras catfish that hadn’t yet been introduced C. teniente at 1 week into the hobby. As it turns out, this was one of those “take notice” fish.

Not yet described at this writing, CW016; Corydoras teniente, or the “Lieutenant Cory” has been one of the “gotta have it” fish of catfish addicts for a few years. It’s not garishly colored, but a very attractive fish. The majority of the fish’s body is a light bronze color and there is a large black/green spot just below the front spine of the dorsal fin that continues almost to the pectoral fin. In front of the dark spot is a smaller area of iridescent gold that catches light as C. teniente eggs on glass

the water being heavy in tannins, low in pH and very soft. It’s often found in the same streams in which Corydoras weitzmani is collected.

Like many of the more desirable fish in the hobby, supply-and-demand put the price of the C. teniente way out of my budget. I’d only seen pictures of these fish and hoped that in time the price would come down far enough for me to add them to my fish room.

As things worked out, I was talking with Ian Fuller at one of the Catfish Conventions (not sure which one) and he gave me one of his prints of the fish (still prominently displayed in my fish room). He gave me some information about the Cory and said “You need to get this fish; talk to Frank”. I’d been trading fish back and forth with Frank Falcone for a couple years and we worked out a deal for me to receive a group of his young fish.

A few weeks later, ten fish made it to my house via UPS and all but one were in good shape. One of them got caught up in the folds of the bag and didn’t the fish moves. Males grow to 2 ¼” while females get survive the trip, but nine of them were active and slightly larger. healthy as soon and they were put into the tank.

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Their first home was a standard 20-gallon long aquarium with two sponge filters and a couple pieces of bog wood for them to hide under. There was no added lighting and with the tank on the bottom level of a rack, not a lot of ambient light either. Water was a

really seemed to enjoy it! To accommodate their love of fast moving water, a powerhead was added at one end of the tank, directed down the front glass. The catfish seemed to like the idea and they were much more active after that. Around that time, I found some pictures on line of the habitat the fish came from showing a stony creek bottom so I added some round lake stones at the center of the tank and removed the bog wood. When the fish were fed, food would get in between the rocks and the fish would push around the stones to get at any bit of food. I’m not sure if this is how they act in the wild but it was fun to watch.

A second powerhead was added to the first, pointed in the same direction and this brought the current to nearly a whirlpool level. At the same time, just rain water was used at water changes instead of the mix, and the pH dropped to six, TDS to around 20 PPM.

C. teniente at 3 weeks

mix of well water and rain water to keep the pH around 7 and the TDS to less than 100 PPM. The temperature stayed between 68° and 75° F with no additional heating.

This Cory doesn’t seem too fussy about food at all.

They ate pretty much anything that was offered: flake, freeze-dried, frozen, and live food. They are particularly fond of live black worms.

Corydoras teniente doesn’t grow as fast as some of C. teniente at 6 weeks

C. teniente juvenile

After a day or two, I began to think that maybe the current was too strong, although the fish showed no distress, and was considering removing the second pump. Before it came to that point, the fish began to spawn. All the visible eggs, about 50, were on the front glass directly in the current flow. These were removed and placed in a hatching container with tank water and a drop of Acriflavine. In a day’s time, a few eggs showed signs of fungus and after three days, all the eggs were covered with filaments; all gone bad.

The breeding set up had worked once, so it was left alone for the time and while doing water changes two weeks later, I noticed two young fish hiding in the stones near the center of the tank. With the amount of current produced by two powerheads, the sand that had once covered the bottom was now in the center with the stones and young fish were almost invisible unless they moved. Evidently, removing the eggs was a big mistake! In the next few its cousins, but the young fish grew at a fair pace and weeks there were four more spawns, most of which in 18 months or so were near full sized adults. were about the same size as the first, but they Around that time, during water changes, I noticed produced very few fry. The eggs of these spawns the fish would all swim directly into the stream of were left on the glass in the current stream and water from the hose as the tank was filled. They (Continued on page 15) | 11 |

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powerheads and some round stones in the center. So far, the original group has not produced eggs in the allowed to hatch into the breeding tank without new set up, but the fish are starting to exhibit interference on my part. This produced a total of nine spawning behavior. young fish.

Corydoras teniente is still found only rarely for sale The Internet is great for information, but aquarium and the price is often too high for many hobbyists, society meetings and conventions are the best! I was but they are a very attractive addition to anyone’s talking with Eric Bodrock at the 2016 Catcon and he collection. Though more difficult to spawn and raise gave me some great advice on keeping Corydoras than many Corydoras, it’s quite possible, with a little eggs from becoming hairy little balls of fungus. luck and perseverance, to be successful with them.

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C. teniente male

they’re touching, but it won’t easily spread through water with some kind of deterrent added. He also gave me a bag of Alder cones to try as an antifungal agent instead of artificial solutions.

For the next few spawns, the eggs were removed from the side glass with a razor blade and separated as well a possible. I found that trying to separate them with the razor blade destroyed more eggs than gently pulling them apart by hand. Using this method, it’s almost impossible to produce groups smaller than two or three eggs, but at least they can be cut down to very small numbers. These groups of eggs were spread out into a 5.5-gallon tank with heavy aeration and a shallow layer of sand on the bottom; water same as the breeding tank and a couple Alder cones.

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This time around, there were three spawns in three weeks and all eggs were put into the same small tank.

Some of the eggs turned white and were visibly bad, but quite a few darkened and eventually hatched. In all, about twenty-five youngsters were produced through this method; not a great average, but better than previous tries.

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Aquatic Life Education Fund February Report We are well on our way to meeting our goal for 2017 but, we have yet to find a school to be the recipient of the ACLC members’ generosity. If you are aware of any school that meets the requirements, please contact me at ALEF@aclcpa.org.

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Simochromis babaulti (Pellegrin 1927) an excellent Tropheus companion

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eing a Tropheus fanatic for over 30 years, I am always on the lookout for compatible species to keep them company. I do not like to mix different Tropheus species but like the looks of a nice big tank with one Tropheus variant and some different species that have the same dietary needs and are able to stand up to the fast and sometimes rough Tropheus. Petrochromis is

To my knowledge there are 5 species within the genus Simochromis: S. diagramma (Günther 1893), S. babaulti (Pellegrin 1927), S. margaretae (Axelrod & Harrison 1978), S. marginatus (Poll 1956) and S. pleurospilus (Nelissen 1978). All are endemic to Lake Tanganyika. For this article I would like to concentrate on S. babaulti since this is the only Simochromis species I worked with.

such a species and so is Simochromis. I kept Petrochromis and Tropheus together for a number of years with great success but had given up hope to ever get my hands on some Simochromis. That is until I heard from a friend that his friend had brought in a wild group directly from Lake Tanganyika. I immediately told him to reserve the first 20 fry for me and he did.

S. babaulti is a herbivorous mouth brooding cichlid and lives along the shallow shore line of the lake feeding on the biocover (Aufwuchs) at a depth of up to 5 meters (~ 15 feet). At 11cm (~ 4.5”) it is one of the smallest species within the genus but don’t let this fool you. These little guys surely know how to defend their territory

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and they do it with a gusto that is fun to watch.

They are very territorial and do not tolerate other rock grazers coming close, especially conspecifics. It is therefore very advisable to use a tank of no less then 90g if you would like to keep these fish.

When I finally received my fish at a size of approx. 2.50cm (1”) I placed them into a 4 foot / 65g tank to grow out and to eventually house them in a 6foot / 125g tank with about 20 juvenile Tropheus sp. “Cape Nundo” and some Eretmodus cyanostictus. It was amazing to see

told him to reserve the first 20 fry for me and he did.

To my knowledge there are 5 species within the genus Simochromis: S. diagramma (Günther 1893), S. babaulti (Pellegrin 1927), S. margaretae (Axelrod & Harrison 1978), S. marginatus (Poll 1956) and S. pleurospilus (Nelissen 1978). All are endemic to Lake Tanganyika. For this article I would like to concentrate on S. babaulti since this is the only Simochromis species I worked with.

S. babaulti is a herbivorous mouth brooding cichlid and lives along the shallow shore line of the lake feeding on the biocover (Aufwuchs) at a depth of up to 5 meters (~ 15 feet). At 11cm (~ 4.5”) it is one of the smallest species within the genus but don’t let this fool you. These little guys surely know how to defend their territory and they do it with a gusto that is fun to watch. They are very territorial and do not tolerate other rock grazers coming close, especially conspecifics. It is therefore very advisable to use a tank of no less then 90g if you would like to keep these fish.

the amount of food these little fish were able to consume and how fast they grew. I placed two large rocks into the 65g to have some kind of decoration (I hate bare tanks) and very soon these rocks became the center of attention for some of the little guys until two of them emerged as the “owners”. It appeared to me that they did not defend these rocks as their breeding spot but more as their feeding grounds. I observed this behavior many times after their move into the larger tank.

Being a Tropheus fanatic for over 30 years, I am always on the lookout for compatible species to keep them company. I do not like to mix different Tropheus species but like the looks of a nice big tank with one Tropheus variant and some different species that have the same dietary needs and are able to stand up to the fast and sometimes rough Tropheus. Petrochromis is such a species and so is Simochromis. I kept Petrochromis and Tropheus together for a number of years with great success but had given up hope to ever get my hands on some Simochromis. That is until I heard from a friend that his friend had brought in a wild group directly from Lake Tanganyika. I immediately

When I finally received my fish at a size of approx. 2.50cm (1”) I placed them into a 4 foot / 65g tank to grow out and to eventually house them in a 6foot / 125g tank with about 20 juvenile Tropheus sp. “Cape Nundo” and some Eretmodus cyanostictus. It was amazing to see the amount of food these little fish were able to consume and how fast they grew. I placed two

large rocks into the 65g to have some kind of decoration (I hate bare tanks) and very soon these rocks became the center of attention for some of the little guys until two of them emerged as the “owners”. It appeared to me that they did not defend these rocks as their breeding spot but more as their feeding grounds. I observed this

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next female. If he is successful, the female will follow him into the pit and they will spawn in normal mouth brooder fashion. The incubation time is about 25 days and the fry is very fast growing.

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behavior many times after their move into the larger tank.

When they grew to about 2.5”, it was time to move them into the larger tank. I took 8 of them and added them to my group of Tropheus sp.

“Ujiji”. They are also in a 4 foot, 65g but with fewer rocks. That would make it much easier to collect the holding females since I had no desire to take the big tank apart every time these guys were spawning. The rest of them went into the big tank with the Tropheus sp. “Cape Nundo”.

For the big tank I choose small gravel as substrate and decorated the left and right back corners with large pieces of lime stone. To finish it up, I added some pieces of Anubias barteri to each rock pile. The water temperature was at 7880 Fahrenheit and the ph value at ~8.5.

All fish were added at the same time and over the next few months I enjoyed watching them grow and finding their place within their new surroundings. It didn’t take long for some males to show their superiority and set up their territory. One on the extreme left, one on the extreme right and one in the middle of the tank.

The first spawning I noticed at a size of about 7.5cm (~3”). The dominant males dig a shallow pit into the gravel which marks the center of their territory. The pit and the surrounding area are rigorously defended especially against other Simochromis males but also against the Tropheus. However, I have never noticed any injuries due to aggression. Any female coming close to the territory is relentlessly pursued and the male is trying everything in his power to convince her to follow him into the pit. If the female has no interest in spawning, she will be chased away and his attention will move to the Tank Tales™ | December 2016

All fish were added at the same time and over the next few months I enjoyed watching them grow and finding their place within their new surroundings. It didn’t take long for some males to show their superiority and set up their territory. One on the extreme left, one on the extreme right and one in the middle of the tank.

The first spawning I noticed at a size of about 7.5cm (~3”). The dominant males dig a shallow pit into the gravel which marks the center of their territory. The pit and the surrounding area are rigorously defended especially against other Simochromis males but also against the Tropheus. However, I have never noticed any injuries due to aggression. Any female coming close to the territory is relentlessly pursued and the male is trying everything in his power to convince her to follow him into the pit. If the female has no interest in spawning, she will be chased away and his attention will move to the next female. If he is successful, the female will follow him into the pit and they will spawn in normal mouth brooder fashion. The incubation time is about 25 days and the fry is very fast growing. ©Klaus Steinhaus - All rights reserved. Reproduction of any portion of this article without the expressed written permission is strictly prohibited. All images in this article are copyright 2010. Any reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission.

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Writer’s & Artist’s Award Program

2017 Mighty Fin Standings

2016 Mighty Fin

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Horticultural Award Program Monthly Report-January 2017 Gardener of the Year

Propagator of the Year

Species Propagated—January 2017 Charles Vickery 40 Total Points

Gary Haas 20 Total Points

Bressler Family 10 Total points Paul Tangredi__5 Total Points

Lifetime Achievement Awards

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Breeder Award Program Monthly Report BAP News as of 31 January 2017

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January Species Bred David Tangredi Rivulus cryptocallus

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Bressler Family Dermogenys pusilla

2017 Breeder of the Year

2017 Species Bred

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BAP Lifetime Achievement Awards Currently Active ACLC Members

F. Wayne Calender Breeder Bressler Family Wayne Calender

1 Star Breeder

1925 pts 1593 pts

Gene Regener Clair Klinedinst Pat Kelly* Glenn Davies* Dave Frehafer David Tangredi Scott Shenk Tony Kline Robin Antkowiak Kurt Johnston

Grand Master Breeder Paul Bricknell David Stephon Pedro Sanchez

2003 pts 1120 pts 1050 pts

Expert Breeder Bob Kulesa*

812 pts

Advanced Breeder Joel Antkowiak* Haas/Rollings*

Other Participants

1278 pts 720 pts

Sam Jones Charles Vickery The Moyers Lonny Langione Julie Lovell Ashley Antkowiak Mackenzie Dalton

3 Star Breeder Gary Boyer*

662 pts

2 Star Breeder Gary Haas* Danny Corman* J/N Dickel

245 pts 170 pts 165 pts 140 pts 90 pts 87 pts 70 pts 60 pts 57 pts 56 pts

517 pts 498 pts 178 pts

66 pts 39 pts 37 pts 35 pts 26 pts 21 pts 14 pts

*Breeder has enough points for next higher class award but needs to complete one or more classes to achieve the award.

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Specialist Breeder Awards Currently Active ACLC Members

Class 1—Livebearers

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Class 2—Catfish

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Class 9—Rainbows & Blue-eyes Class 3—Barbs & Minnows Class 11—Other Aquatic Animals Class 4—Characins

Class 12—U.S. Native Species Class 5—Killifish Class 14—All Other FW Fish Class 6—Anabantoids Special Notes Class 7—New World Cichlids

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Class 8—Old World Cichlids

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